John koehlee



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J. KEHLER -PRE GARD HOLDER.

No. 539,799. Patented 1199.26, 1895.

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V Application tiled June 22,1 894. Serial No. 515,396. (No tn odel.)

Be it knownthat I, JOHN KOEHLER, of New York city, in the Ycounty and`State of New `York, 4have inventeda new and 'Improved PricelCard Holder,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

l My invention relates to a price card holder, or a holder adapted forthe attachment of price cards to various articles, especially to cigarboxes, to indicate, for example, the name -of the cigars contained inthe box and the price thereof; and the object of the invention is toprovide a holder capable of receiving andretaining a card,` which may beapplied in an expeditious manner, and capable like- Wise of beingreadily attached to the margin of a cigar box, clamping thc surface towhich 'it is applied; and furthermore to so construct the holder thatthe ticket holding section will .have a hinged connection with theclamping section, enabling the ticket-holdi ng section4 to be drawnoutwardl out ot' the way when cigars are to beremovcd from the box, orreplaced therein, thus obv'iating the possibility of damaging thecigars.

The 'invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed ontin the claims.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

. Figure 1 is a perspect ivo view of a cigar box,

illustrating the holder applied to one sido thereof. Fig. 2 is aperspective View of the box, illustrating a holder attached to the end.Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section through the box and through theholder, the holder being in the position shown in Fig. l. Fig. et is adetail perspective view of the holder, illustrating the ticket-carryingsection as carried to an essentially vertical position upon the clampingsection; and Fig. 5 y is a section through the box andthe holder, theholder be ing in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The holder may be ysaid to consist of a clamping section A and aticket-carrying section B. The clamping section is 'preferably made Ofone piece of metal of a spring character, being bent upon itself to,form abody 10, having practically-a hat lupper surface and two legs l1and l2 extending downward from the body. These legs are adapted toreceive between them the surface of a box C to which the holder is to beapplied. Preferably one of the legsll is made shorter than the other inorder that the device rnay be more quickly applied, and it is curveddownward and inward from one side edge of the body, while the longer legl2 in being formed is carried beneath the body in direction of theshorter leg, and then downward.

A pintlc 13, is-forlned in the top of the body nearer oneside than theother, and the said pintle is usually7 produced by cutting the metal ofthe body and bending it downward upon itself", as shown in Fig; .3; butthe said pintle may be lformed in any manner known to the trade. I

The ticket-carrying section l, is given any contour that fancy maydictate. In the drawings it is shown as rectangular, and consists of aplato 14. having its edges turned up and over its Outer face, formingmarginal flaps or retaining [langes l5; and at or near the oentralportion of one edge Ot' the said plate a knuckle 1G, is formed, throughwhich the pintlc 153 of the clamping section extends, whereby. the platehas a hinge connection with the clamping section' and may rest upon thewider portion of the top of the said clamping section, in which positionit will be inclined downward, as shown in Fig. i3; and the saidticket-carrying section may be carried to the vertical position, asshown in Fig. 4, or to an outwardly inclined position, as shown in Fig.5; In either event the plate or ticket-carrying section will be`entirely removed from possible engagement with the hand of the operatorwhen he is taking cigars, for example, from the box. x

When the device is attached to the side of a box, as shown in Figs. land 3, the members of the clamp section are passed downward toanengagement with the inner and outer faces of the said side; and when theclamping section is in proper position upon the box the ticket-carryingsection will face the/opposite side, having a downward inclination. Ifthe box containing the goods is so placed thatone end faces thecustomer, the clamping section will be applied to the outer end of thebox, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 5,n whchevent it is desirable that 'the plat orticket-carrying section' should lhave an upward inclination. Thereforein this event spurs 17, are formed 5 upon the body portion -of theclamping section, against which the plate will rest, as illus- \tratedparticularly in Figs'. 4 and 5.- i

This device is exceedingly simple, durable and economic in itsconstruction, and may be? O expeditiously and conveniently applied; and.prior to the operator placing vhishand in the box'to reinove a portionoii the contents, the plate or ticket-carrying section will be thrown yiupward either to a vertical position or to an outwardly-inclinedposition away from the interior off the box, thus preventing the possi-lbility. of cigars,l for example, being broken by Contact with' theplate, which often happens when cigars are removed from a box to which'an inwardly-extending price card holder is rigidly and iinmovablysecured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patenty 3 1. A card holder consisting otv a clamping [sectionhaving-a slotted head at its upper end provided with au integral pintle,and a ticket carrying section having an integral 'knuckle enteringtheyslot and turning on said pintle, substantially as described.

2. A price card holdei, the same comprising a clamping section,consisting of a head having a Epintle formed therein, and spring: clampaing ylegs projecting downward from the head, adapted to clamp an objectplaced between them, andla ticket-carrying section, consist- .ing of aplate provided with a knuckle receiving the pintle ofthe clampingsection, the knuckle being located at the back ot' one edge of theplate', t e front or outer face of 'the plate being provided withmarginal clamping y flanges adapted to receive and retain a card,whereby the plate may rest'upon the body of the clamping section in asubstantially ipiclinedposition, or be carried upward and supported in asubstantially vertical position, as

I and/for thep'urpose svp'eciiied.-v

" JOHN KoEi-ILER. f

Witnesses: C. SEDGWIQK,

F. W. HANAFORD.

